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| The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' is defined as   | The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' <ref>[http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/LDB-oeuvres/De_Broglie_Kracklauer.htm Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925)]</ref> is defined as   | ||
| :<math>\Lambda= \sqrt{\frac{h^2}{2\pi mk_BT}}</math> | :<math>\Lambda= \sqrt{\frac{h^2}{2\pi mk_BT}}</math> | ||
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| * ''T'' is the [[temperature]].   | * ''T'' is the [[temperature]].   | ||
| ==References== | |||
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| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/21/6/314 Zijun Yan, "General thermal wavelength and its applications", Eur. J. Phys. '''21''' pp. 625-631  (2000)] | |||
| [[category: statistical mechanics]] | [[category: statistical mechanics]] | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 22 November 2012
The de Broglie thermal wavelength [1] is defined as
where
- h is the Planck constant
- m is the mass
- is the Boltzmann constant
- T is the temperature.
References
- Related reading